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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what sense does the author feel isolated from his wife?
(a) He cannot express his fears to her.
(b) She cannot come home from the hospital.
(c) He thinks she will not miss him.
(d) He cannot enter into her experience of dying.

2. What does the author say happens when we experience any kind of pain?
(a) We barely notice it.
(b) We run from it.
(c) It pulls us toward it.
(d) We need to share it with others.

3. What kind of character did the author's wife have?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Irresponsible.
(c) No-nonsense.
(d) Depressive.

4. How does God seem to respond to the author's agony?
(a) With a feeling that Lewis' wife continued to live.
(b) With the gift of comfort.
(c) With silence.
(d) With a sense of nearness to Lewis.

5. How does the author know that the end of this life is all about heavenly reunions?
(a) Reality never repeats.
(b) He had a vision.
(c) He and H. discussed it.
(d) It says so in the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author compare clinging to the memory of one who has died?

2. Who reacts in shame when the author talks about his wife?

3. How will the author respond if talked to about the "truth of religion"?

4. What sense does the first chapter end with?

5. Where does the author determine holds no promise of a happy afterlife?

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